as in collectively
with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time
all told, we made $14.64
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Higashioka hit 20 home runs all told, including the playoffs, and took over the starting job down the stretch.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
With 1 billion monthly podcast users, YouTube would be far bigger than Spotify, which all told had 675 million monthly active users at the end of 2024.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
That cycle of emotions, all told with his eyes and mouth, has deservedly become an enduring meme.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
While Ferrari originally planned on making 400 copies of the F40, the money kept flowing in, so the company kept building: all told, more than 1,300 examples rolled out of the factory, even at an official price tag of just under $400,000.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
With 1 billion monthly podcast users, YouTube would be far bigger than Spotify, which all told had 675 million monthly active users at the end of 2024.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
That cycle of emotions, all told with his eyes and mouth, has deservedly become an enduring meme.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
While Ferrari originally planned on making 400 copies of the F40, the money kept flowing in, so the company kept building: all told, more than 1,300 examples rolled out of the factory, even at an official price tag of just under $400,000.
—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
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Howard’s stardom began with the Orlando Magic, who drafted him first overall out of Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2004.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 July 2025
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Connor Bedard, Chicago Blackhawks Players drafted first overall in their draft class 1) are thought to have the highest ceiling and 2) are expected to hit that ceiling sooner.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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